Turbo questions, help

oneway71 said
Hello,
I am thinking of getting one of these universal turbo kits off ebay. T3/T4
I have a 225 /6 fresh rebuild .030 over, other than that stock. with 2brrl
This is for my daily driven Vailant, no racing, just for fun and a little extra power. Just to be different.
Questions.

1. Does anyone know of any books that can explain all about turbos?

2. Can I turbo a fairly stock engine, without any major issues?

3. Do I need a 4 brrl? Will my 2 brrl carb be suffiecient?

4. Will I have any driveability issues? Run rough not worth doing turbo?

5. Should I have rebuilt the engine with different or special pistons?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

1. Not sure of any books so hopefully someone can help ya out there, but you can google some info about turbos and you should be able to find some useful stuff.

2. I would think that stock slant 6 internals would be able to run a decent amount of boost but the couple of people on here that have them will be able to tell ya exactly how much.

3. I only know about 4 cyl turbo dodges but I believe that the carbs have to be modified to work. You will probably need a 4 barrel though because your fuel system is going to have to keep up with the air flow. If you can't flow enough fuel, you'll run lean and burn things up, not good.

4. Turbos are actually really street friendly as they dont make boost until the engine starts to rev, so they can be almost as street friendly as a stock engine. All in how you drive them. :-D

5. Turbo engines don't like compression so much... so you will probably have to get some lower compression pistons. Don't know exactly which ones, but someone will be able to point you in the right direction.

Sorry I couldn't help a whole lot, but hopefully I did a little bit. After you get everything built and running though, make sure you tune and really watch your air/fuel ratio... bad things happen if ya dont pay attention, haha.

Went and looked at the picture thread and Turbo66valiantand Shaker223 look like the guys to talk to about turbo slants... but I'm sure that anyone in that thread that has a turbo car will be able to help ya out.